Ann:

Why do recommend the careful consideration of what data is migrated to the
9840 drives?  Would these concerns apply to archive or backup, too?

Thanks,
Rich

At 12:16 PM 5/4/99 -0400, Ann Ehland wrote:
>We have been using the STK-9840 drives attached to our mainframe [...]
>
>I would strongly suggest to the mainframe folks using DFSMShsm that you
>review your parms, particularly those for large tapes, and carefully chose
>what data you put onto these cartridges.  If there is anyone using DFSMShsm
>on these drives, I would be very interested in hearing from you.
>
>Good luck!
>
>Ann Ehland
>ehland.aj AT mellon DOT com
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From:   uwe.schoenacher AT LZB-Bayern.bundesbank DOT de
>[SMTP:uwe.schoenacher AT LZB-Bayern.bundesbank DOT de]
>Sent:   Tuesday, May 04, 1999 6:40 AM
>To:     ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
>Subject:        STK - 9840 TapeDrive
>
>Hello ADSM-Users,
>
>has anybody experience with STK-9840-Drives?.
>
>We are designing a new ADSM-Environment with an ADSM-Server (RS6000 H50)
>based on AIX. Our favorite tape-technology so long  is IBM Magstar. Now I
>have heard about the 9840-Drives. They should be as fast as Magstar - but
>how is the availability and the reliability of that drives?
>
>

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